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Borehole resistivity measurements recorded with logging-while-drilling (LWD) instruments are widely used for characterizing the earth's subsurface properties. They facilitate the extraction of natural resources such as oil and gas. LWD…
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We present an algorithm for estimating consistent dense depth maps and camera poses from a monocular video. We integrate a learning-based depth prior, in the form of a convolutional neural network trained for single-image depth estimation,…